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Last refreshed on: 22 January 2024
Main ID:  NCT01774487
Date of registration: 22/01/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine
Public title: Pentoxifylline Therapy in Biliary Atresia
Scientific title: A Phase II Trial of Pentoxifylline in Newly-Diagnosed Biliary Atresia
Date of first enrolment: February 4, 2013
Target sample size: 17
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01774487
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Sanjiv Harpavat, MD PhD
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Affiliation:  Baylor College of Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 0-180 days old

- Diagnosed with biliary atresia through liver biopsy and/or intra-operative
cholangiogram

- No previous Kasai portoenterostomy performed at another institution

- Able to take medications orally

- Legal guardian signs consent after understanding risks and investigational nature of
study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants greater than 180 days old

- Infants receiving a Kasai portoenterostomy at another institution

- Infants unable to take medications orally



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 180 Days
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Biliary Atresia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pentoxifylline
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Normal Serum Conjugated Bilirubin Levels 12 Weeks After Starting PTX (Pentoxifylline) Therapy [Time Frame: 12 weeks after starting therapy]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants Achieving Zero or Positive Weight Z-scores 12 Weeks After Starting PTX Therapy [Time Frame: 12 weeks after starting therapy]
Spleen Size at 2 Years of Age [Time Frame: 2 years of age]
Alanine Amino Transferase (ALT) Levels at 2 Years of Life [Time Frame: 2 years of age]
Platelet Levels at 2 Years of Life [Time Frame: 2 years of age]
Time to Liver Transplant [Time Frame: Baseline and up to two years after therapy finishes]
Secondary ID(s)
H-31387
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 12/10/2023
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01774487
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